1. |
Parallel World
03:23
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She’s not worried, she won’t get hurried
There’s plenty of time left, plenty of wine left
One drink more might help her see
The wood for the trees
She’s not worried, about tomorrow
She’s on a mission, to drown her sorrow
And all her troubles drift away
Like leaves on the breeze
In a parallel world
Where the rain never falls
And hard times never call
At the door
Meanwhile back here on planet earth
There’s too many voices, and too few choices
The consequences of all this
Are easy to see
We’re all hard pressed to find some soul now
The old school bullies are in control now
High time for a cosmic shift
To carry us all
To a parallel world
Where the game is the same
But the rules have all changed
From the start
In a parallel world
We could lie on the ground
Watch the sky spinning round
Upside down
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2. |
Breaking The Grey
04:08
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Fall the hours, fall the minutes,
Fall the days away.
Catch your breath in frozen time
A moment’s soft delay.
Idly wandering quiet streets
Where no-one knows your name.
The wheel keeps turning round somehow
But every day’s the same.
Can you feel it?
A sudden sway
Can you feel it?
Breaking the grey
Cops and robbers, black and white,
Nothing’s what it seems.
Deep inside the wishing well
Hopes outnumber dreams.
Some are counting rainbows,
Some are counting sheep,
Or drifting with the devil
Fifty fathoms deep.
Can you feel it?
Heading this way
Can you feel it?
Right out of the grey
Can you feel it? Breaking the grey
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3. |
Searching For Your Name
03:43
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I remember
Searching for your name, joe
Where did all those years go?
Time just slips away
And on the pavement
There’s boxes full of treasure
To look through at your leisure
An ordinary day
Later on, we’d climb to the top of the hill
Racing back, ahead of the sundown
Far below the lamps all came on, one by one
Lighting up the skies of my hometown
The shops and houses
The backstreets of the city
You might not call it pretty
You might still want to stay
With perfect timing
The shadows on the water
Were just like someone’s daughter
Had upped and sailed away
Funny how the things that just stick in my mind
Take me back to workaday places
Maybe when you’re older and wiser you know
Why the past leaves permanent traces
Another summer
Of fickle english weather
Nothing lasts forever
At least that’s what they say
I remember
Searching for your name, joe
Where did all those years go?
Time just slips away
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4. |
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Sometimes you just can’t tell the end from the beginning
Words and pictures, from time unwound
And when you turn the light out your head’s still spinning
Doubts and daydreams go round and round
Believe me it’s the same for everyone
All we have is a moment in the sun
No-one cares about chances that you missed
Or melodies of songs that don’t exist
Truth is the highs and lows will still keep coming
Makes no difference what state you’re in
And no-one’s forcing you to keep on running
In a race there’s no need to win
Honey it’s the same for everyone
All we have is a moment in the sun
No-one cares about chances that you missed
Or melodies of songs that don’t exist
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5. |
The Stars Align
02:33
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At the turning of the year
As the evening draws near
Driving south in the lights
Of the motorway
Just for once you might dance
Round the patterns of chance
Maybe once in a while
The stars align that way
The stars align (hey hey hey)
The stars align (hey hey hey)
The stars align (hey hey hey)
Come what may
And the signs that are gone
Fall in line, one by one,
To bring you here, face to face
In this time and place
And it’s quite pain to see
It was just meant to be
Maybe once in a while
The stars align that way
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6. |
UAS 29396
04:03
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Ba ba ba ba ba, ba ba ba ba ba
UAS 29396
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7. |
No Better And No Worse
04:32
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Well you’ve never had much trouble being candid
You could liven up the room single-handed
When you focus on the things that make you mad
It’s not the best idea you’ve ever had
No, it’s not the best idea you’ve ever had
And nothing’s really changed
It’s no better and no worse
Than it was before
Well you’ve never been poor but you wish you had more money
And you’re really quite clever but you’d rather you were funny
You’re pretty good looking in a quirky kind of way
But you’d change that for perfection, so you say
You’d change that for perfection any day
But you know down deep inside
You wouldn’t trade your life
With anybody else
When all is said and done
You’re no better and no worse
Than anybody else
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8. |
All Fools' Day
02:59
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It doesn’t take a genius
To know when something’s wrong
Anyone can spot the signs
If they’ve been there all along
Plain and easy
But even so
Sometimes it’s even easier
To let it go
Everyday is
All fools’ day
No-one really cares that much
About the far side of town
And everybody’s innocent
‘til the walls are tumbling down
Turn the pages
And you’ll see
Nobody’s perfect
Not even you and me
Everyday is
All fools’ day
Open up the windows
Let the cold blow through
Everybody makes mistakes
And it’s true…
I was born on
All fools’ day
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9. |
Fairground Rocket Ride
03:13
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When you’re tired and tangled up, walls are closing in
Weary of the shadows from without and from within
That’s the time to realise you’re not just passing through
Step away outside the grey in memories old and new
Like a nineteen sixty-nine
Fairground rocket ride
Whirling lights of red and green, blue and silver white
Spinning in a magic circle, holding back the night
Phasing through distorted sound in never-ending flight
Music playing, sugar sugar, all is pure delight
Like a nineteen sixty-nine
Fairground rocket ride
When you’re tired and tangled up, walls are closing in
Weary of the shadows from without and from within
Celebrate the friendship of the caring and the kind
Look to the horizon and let yourself unwind
Like a nineteen sixty-nine
Fairground rocket ride
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10. |
Deliver The Dawn
02:02
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Deliver the dawn bright
Bring home the daylight
Come into the sun light
Think again
Looking back at history
It’s a perfect mystery
How we got to where we are
How we muddled through this far
Talk about complexity
It’s a dropdead certainty
Someone thinks they know the score
And they’ve heard it all before
Bb ba ba ba, ba ba ba ba
It’s not a case of wrong or right
It’s not a case of dark and light
Everything you think you know
Was set in stone years ago
Is it anger? Is it pain?
Is it sadness? Is it shame?
It’s ok to change your mind
It’s alright to think again
Ba ba ba ba, ba ba ba ba
Godspeed the day when we all think again
Godspeed the day when we all think again
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11. |
Think Again
03:22
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12. |
There's A Party
03:54
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There’s a party in Beijing, there’s a party in Milan
There are parties in Rome, and Amsterdam
There’s an all-night party in Kahtmandu
There’s a party in Vladivostok too
There’s a party in Osaka, there’s a party in Par-ee
There are parties all around the Caspian Sea
There’s a party at the harbour in St Tropez
There are parties in Karachi, and Monterey
There’s a party on the beach at Montego Bay
There’s a party on the streets of Mandalay
There’s a party in Nashville Tennessee
There’s a party in Rio that’s completely free
There’s a party just starting in Marakesh
There’s a party going crazy in Budapesht
There are parties in Vienna and Malibu
There’s a massive great shindig happening near you
There’s a party, there’s a party right now
There’s a party, there’s a party right now
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